#363 - Mysterious Revelation
Saruman is temporarily safe.
Elrond and Gandalf had unanimously reached this conclusion in a previous discussion.
The fact that the Ringwraiths chose to capture and imprison him instead of killing him indicates that they must need something from him; at least, they won't really threaten Saruman's life until that purpose is achieved.
Of course, other sufferings are another matter.
After all, it's unlikely that the Ringwraiths invited him over for a friendly chat.
Calenardhon.
After arranging the defenses against Dol Guldur in the North and South Downs, Rhovanion, and the Anduin Valley, and before everyone who was supposed to attack Dol Guldur had arrived, Li Wei traveled north to inspect Dain's Halls, the former dwarf colony in the Grey Mountains.
According to Gloin, there have been some unusual movements here as well.
As it stands, the High Pass is definitely the first choice for safely and quickly crossing the Misty Mountains, and the Fellowship of the Ring will definitely come here soon.
If possible, it's best to eliminate some potential threats before they arrive.
Roar—
Coincidentally, as soon as Li Wei arrived here, a faint roar came from behind the towering, seemingly endless snow mountain, with a very strong penetrating power.
There must be something evil in the northern wilderness.
Li Wei pondered, immediately put on the Tengyan Chest Armor, and as a firework sounded, the flame wings behind him also opened, and he flew straight up.
Before long, he arrived at the summit.
The wind and snow were too heavy to see what was below, so Li Wei continued to descend and glided to the foot of the mountain.
Rumble!
A huge figure crashed over, and the flame gliding wings behind him went out. Before he could react, Li Wei was already embedded in the mountain.
Some kind of behemoth had crashed over. Faced with this kind of tonnage, the knockback resistance bonus provided by the Tengyan Chest Armor was really not very useful.
"What is it…"
Li Wei crawled out, brushing away the stones, looking at the small section of rune shield that had been knocked off, feeling a little dazed.
When he looked up at what had launched the attack, he revealed a knowing expression.
Things were as he expected.
Sure enough, there was something in the northern wilderness on the other side of the mountain.
Dragon—a wingless cold-drake, stomping on ice and snow, crashed over at the moment he fell, giving him a solid, no-holds-barred dragon charge.
Little Pink can also achieve this effect, but Little Pink always holds back, at most making Li Wei unsteady or playing a trick to make him fall on his butt, but will never deduct health or trigger the shield.
As for other unfamiliar dragons, they are obviously different from Little Pink, wishing to crash to death, and eat it right after death.
It must be said that this was indeed very painful. Even with the resistance enhancement buff protecting him, it would have been even more painful otherwise.
"Let me see what's going on."
Li Wei immediately drew the Dragon Flame Steel Greatsword and rushed out, breaking through the wind and snow, and slashed the giant dragon's head with a sword, smashing it with stars.
As a result, the evil dragon living in the snowy field was repelled, smashing a large area of ice behind it.
Judging from the current equipment, a giant dragon that cannot fly can no longer pose too much of a threat to Li Wei.
Even without the blessing of the Star Ring, the equipment on his body is enough.
Not to mention combat awareness and skills, even if Li Wei is standing still and fighting this dragon head-on, he can still kill it alive.
That's how confident he is.
After a few swords, the dragon on the opposite side obviously recovered. It realized that the human in front of it was not quite right, especially in terms of strength, it was actually at a disadvantage.
The double knockback effect of the Dragon Flame Steel Greatsword prevented it from taking a step forward. Every confrontation was like being hit hard, like being slapped by a Fangorn Ent.
That thing's slap is not easy to bear, it can smash rocks and pierce steel plates in one hit. Except for giant dragons, no other creature can stand such service.
After a few more confrontations, the evil dragon was completely frightened. At this moment, its body was covered in blood and injuries, and the bones inside were not very intact.
This is still because it used the hardest part of its body to resist every time Li Wei attacked. If Li Wei put his mind to finding a weakness, such as stabbing in along the dragon's mouth, it would have fallen here in one fell swoop.
"Why are you running? I haven't had enough."
Turning his head, he heard the terrifying voice of the human.
It's over.
It's really over.
At this moment, this evil dragon was extremely regretful and annoyed.
Since ancient times, evil dragons have ridiculed humans, but today it has been reversed.
But it was too late.
From the moment the evil dragon appeared in Li Wei's sight, it was destined to be unable to escape, not to mention that this guy actually attacked proactively.
Soon it turned into a pile of materials, not even a bit of bones left.
After collecting the materials on the dragon, Li Wei continued to walk deeper into the northern wilderness. What he didn't expect was that he encountered obstacles again before he had gone far.
The snow here is not very flat, and there are traces of something passing by on it. It's still fresh, obviously not covered by wind and snow yet.
Woo—
The wolf howl came from nowhere, and the black shadows flashing on the snow looked a little scary. A strange, pale green light flashed in the distant sky, attracting Li Wei to continue walking deeper.
In this snowfield with a long history, almost ten thousand years without human footprints, he walked forward, emitting particularly obvious heat and baking the ice crystals on the ground.
This road was extremely long and tedious. The unchanging, boundless white made Li Wei's mood fluctuate a little.
The temperature here is already a bit abnormal. Li Wei has no doubt that if he takes off the Dragon Flame Steel Armor now, he will definitely be frozen and lose health.
Under the suppression of extremely low temperatures, even the heat on the Dragon Flame Steel has become less obvious. It cannot even melt the surrounding snow and ice.
In such progress, unknowingly, flying and walking, Li Wei had completely left the inland of Middle-earth and was moving further and further to the edge.
Along the way, besides the unchanging white snow, there were more and more monsters, such as the mysterious black shadow seen earlier. Those were the afterimages left by the demon wolves running by. Now they only have withered, burnt corpses left, and they can no longer run.
In addition, there are some orc corpses.
In this snowfield, wherever Li Wei goes, it becomes 'clean'.
As these ferocious monsters left over from ancient times were successively cleared, the evil forces in this wasteland seemed to be decreasing, and the gray fog in the sky and the manic, obscuring wind and snow were dissipating.
Maybe it's time to go back.
At one moment, Li Wei had such a thought.
But at this time, a premonition, or rather, an inspiration, arose in his heart, and that inspiration guided him to continue forward, to continue to go deeper, as if there was something there, something waiting for him to do.
This inspiration was just a vague feeling. It had no compulsion and no specific content, not at all detailed.
It was just there, letting Li Wei realize that it did exist, not just an illusion.
As for whether to pay attention to this inspiration, Li Wei had a choice. He could pay attention to it if he wanted to, or ignore it if he didn't want to.
In the end, Li Wei decided to follow this inspiration to take a look.
Because this inspiration gave him a familiar feeling, just like the inspiration that came down when he first opened the Gate of Hell, it came from the top-level existence.
Although it was not compulsory, he had to give this face.
Hiss—
After walking another section of the road, a harsh hiss came from mid-air. If this sound were to sound over the city, it would definitely cause panic.
To Li Wei, it was purely unpleasant and ear-piercing.
After discovering Li Wei on the ground, that figure seemed flustered, looking a little guilty, and immediately fled into the distance.
"An old-fashioned seduction trick."
Although he said so, Li Wei still flew after it.
Because the direction he left was consistent with Li Wei's premonition.
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